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Legal Citation: 135 U.S. 100 (1890)

Appellants
Gus Leisy & Co., et al.

Appellee
A. J. Hardin

Appellants' Claim
That the laws under which property was seized from the appellants were unconstitutional, as they assumed powers reserved only for Congress.

Chief Lawyer for Appellants
James C. Davis

Chief Lawyers for Appellee
H. Scott Howell, William B. Collins, John Y. Stone

Justices for the Court
Samuel Blatchford, Joseph P. Bradley, David Davis, Stephen Johnson Field, Melville Weston Fuller (writing for the Court), Lucius Quintus C. Lamar

Justices Dissenting
David Josiah Brewer, Horace Gray, John Marshall Harlan I

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
28 April 1890

Decision
Overturned the decision of the Iowa Supreme Court, ruling for the return of the...